❗️TODAY! To colleagues and friends in Geneva and the surrounding area:
🔥 We are pleased to invite you to the launch of the Security Index Yearbook: Global Edition (in English), which will take place on Wednesday, November 20, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm in Conference Room VII at the UN Office in Geneva. The event will be held in the format of a roundtable discussion on “Security Index in a New World: What Future for Arms Control?” focusing on the future of arms control, nuclear nonproliferation, and other pressing issues in the context of new global realities.
🍀Ambassador Gennady Gatilov, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva, will deliver the opening remarks.
⚡️Dr. Vladimir Orlov, Founding Director of PIR Center, will moderate the discussion, joined by colleagues from UNIDIR, current and former PIR Center staff members, and members of the PIR Center Advisory Board. Ambassadors, representatives of the Geneva-based diplomatic community, and UN experts and staff are warmly invited to participate.
☝️The invitation and agenda are attached. UN pass holders are welcome to attend.
❗️TODAY! To colleagues and friends in Geneva and the surrounding area:
🔥 We are pleased to invite you to the launch of the Security Index Yearbook: Global Edition (in English), which will take place on Wednesday, November 20, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm in Conference Room VII at the UN Office in Geneva. The event will be held in the format of a roundtable discussion on “Security Index in a New World: What Future for Arms Control?” focusing on the future of arms control, nuclear nonproliferation, and other pressing issues in the context of new global realities.
🍀Ambassador Gennady Gatilov, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Office and Other International Organizations in Geneva, will deliver the opening remarks.
⚡️Dr. Vladimir Orlov, Founding Director of PIR Center, will moderate the discussion, joined by colleagues from UNIDIR, current and former PIR Center staff members, and members of the PIR Center Advisory Board. Ambassadors, representatives of the Geneva-based diplomatic community, and UN experts and staff are warmly invited to participate.
☝️The invitation and agenda are attached. UN pass holders are welcome to attend.
Since January 2022, the SC has received a total of 47 complaints and enquiries on illegal investment schemes promoted through Telegram. These fraudulent schemes offer non-existent investment opportunities, promising very attractive and risk-free returns within a short span of time. They commonly offer unrealistic returns of as high as 1,000% within 24 hours or even within a few hours. After fleeing Russia, the brothers founded Telegram as a way to communicate outside the Kremlin's orbit. They now run it from Dubai, and Pavel Durov says it has more than 500 million monthly active users. Such instructions could actually endanger people — citizens receive air strike warnings via smartphone alerts. What distinguishes the app from competitors is its use of what's known as channels: Public or private feeds of photos and videos that can be set up by one person or an organization. The channels have become popular with on-the-ground journalists, aid workers and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who broadcasts on a Telegram channel. The channels can be followed by an unlimited number of people. Unlike Facebook, Twitter and other popular social networks, there is no advertising on Telegram and the flow of information is not driven by an algorithm. A Russian Telegram channel with over 700,000 followers is spreading disinformation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine under the guise of providing "objective information" and fact-checking fake news. Its influence extends beyond the platform, with major Russian publications, government officials, and journalists citing the page's posts.
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